* On a related note, the same poll shows Gov. Ted Strickland (D) leading Fox News personality John Kasich (R) in this year’s gubernatorial race, 44% to 38%.

* Former Rep. Scott McInnis, the leading Republican in Colorado’s gubernatorial race, argued this week that he’d like to see his state duplicate the outrageous new immigration law in Arizona.

* Polls in Arizona’s Republican Senate primary have been all over the place, but for what it’s worth, a Rocky Mountain poll released yesterday shows Sen. John McCain crushing former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, 54% to 28%. Public Policy Polling shows McCain ahead, but by a more modest margin, 46% to 35%.

* Indiana’s Republican Senate primary is just a week away, and a new SurveyUSA poll shows corporate lobbyist Dan Coats leading the field. The poll showed Coats ahead with 36%, followed by former Rep. John Hostettler with 24%.

* And in Michigan, Rasmussen shows Rep. Peter Hoekstra out in front of the Republican gubernatorial field with 28%. Rick Snyder and state Attorney General Mike Cox are about tied for second.